Jazz composition workshop at Deer Head

Deer Head Jazz Orchestra will present a jazz composers workshop at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.

Deer Head Jazz Orchestra will present a jazz composers workshop at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.

For its regularly scheduled "Last Monday of the Month," the orchestra invites composers of big band jazz to bring compositions they might like to have the band read and, along with Monday patrons, "have a listen."

In keeping with the concept of "Library Alive," the band also will perform compositions from its collection.

An additional workshop will be held at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 25.

The Deer Head Jazz Orchestra, composed of musicians from the Grammy-nominated COTA Festival Orchestra, is working on a new recording of compositions by National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Phil Woods. The project is scheduled for a late summer release.

Composers or arrangers who would like to take part in the workshops should contact Rick Chamberlain at chamby@ptd.net.